Hobbit House Sessions
Cape Breton-style Teaching Sessions
• Build CB tune repertoire
• Learn and apply CB style elements
• Explore CB accompaniment (esp. basslines)
WHEN: First Sunday of each month, in-person & via Zoom
11am-1pm Pacific
12-2pm Mountain
1-3pm Central
2-4pm Eastern
3-5pm Atlantic
7-9pm UK & Scotland
8-10pm Continental Europe
COST: Free to Patreon subscribers ($10 and above)
otherwise US$10/Cdn$13
(Patreon link, payment options)
Next Meetings:
• Sunday 7th April 2024 (Zoom Link for Apr 7th session)
• [no session in May due to traveling. Instead, look for complimentary access to two CB Pocket Companion tutorial videos on my Patreon that month]
• Sunday 9th June 2024
Email me if you would like to be on the notification list for future sessions or for the in-person address.
April 2024
Strathspey and 2 Reels on A:
TUNE-LEARNING:
WHOLE SET:
fiddle alone
fiddle & piano
piano alone
March 2024
Strathspey and 2 Reels on C & Am:
TUNE-LEARNING:
WHOLE SET:
fiddle alone
fiddle & piano
February 2024
Jigs on D:
TUNE-LEARNING:
WHOLE SET:
fiddle alone
fiddle & piano
January 2024
This was a review session, and looked at these sets again:
• Compliments to Cameron Chisholm set
• Rodney’s Glory set
In the HH Summary video, I cover these techniques:
• Earth-and-air balance • Popped/percussive notes • Loop-into-treble bowing • Varied rhythm and slurring (for pairs of notes in a reel) • Cuttings • Drones • 4-note flourish (with rhythmic alteration) • Wild note • Back-string substitution • Transition from strathspey to reel (timing shift in footwork and body mechanics; tempo stays the same at moment of transition) • Twiddles: Pull-ins, Warbles, Flicks, Unison-flicks • Stubby-syncop combo • Drones.
…and a few Irish-style ideas for Rodney’s Glory hornpipe:
• Cross-beat slurring • Filling in the third (making a scalar triplet) • Sliding into a higher note (going up a scale) • Self-accompaniment (adding a second voice using barred notes and drones).
December 2023
Hornpipe, Strathspey, & Reel on A:
TUNE-LEARNING:
WHOLE SET:
fiddle alone
fiddle & piano
November 2023
Strathspey & Reel on A:
TUNE-LEARNING:
WHOLE SET:
fiddle alone
fiddle & piano
piano alone
October 2023
Jigs on F:
TUNE-LEARNING:
WHOLE SET:
fiddle alone
fiddle & piano
piano alone
August 2023
Strathspey & Reel on G:
TUNE-LEARNING:
WHOLE SET:
fiddle alone
fiddle & piano
piano alone
July 2023
Strathspey & 2 Reels on E:
TUNE-LEARNING:
WHOLE SET:
fiddle alone
fiddle & piano
piano alone
June 2023
Strathspey & Reel on D:
TUNE-LEARNING:
WHOLE SET:
fiddle alone
fiddle & piano
piano alone